List of Famous people born on April 9th
Samantha Lam
Samantha Lam Chi-mei is a Hong Kong singer and songwriter. In 1982, the television station RTHK awarded one of her songs, "Feelings of a Passage" (感情的段落), later heard from her 1983 self-titled debut album, as one of top ten gold songs of 1981–82. In 1983, Lam sang a radio hit Cantonese rendition of the well-known Mandarin song "Into Your Eyes" (你的眼神), originally sung in 1981 by Tsai Chin, for her debut album. In 1984–85, another of her songs, "ngau yu" (偶遇), a theme song for the 1984 film A Certain Romance (少女日記), was awarded as one of top ten gold songs of 1983–84 by RTHK, the seventh place of the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards by another station TVB, and the Hong Kong Film Award for the Best Movie Song (最佳電影歌曲) of 1984. Lam sang also "ouyu" (偶遇), a Mandarin version of "ngau yu", for the titled 1984 album. Since then, later singers have rendered both versions of "ngau yu", like Sammi Cheng and Zhou Xun.
Heisuke Hironaka
Heisuke Hironaka is a Japanese mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal in 1970 for his contributions to algebraic geometry.
Talíria Petrone
Talíria Petrone Soares is a Brazilian politician. She has spent her political career representing Rio de Janeiro, having served as federal deputy representative since 2019.
Rúben Vinagre
Rúben Gonçalo da Silva Nascimento Vinagre is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left wing-back for Portuguese club Famalicão, on loan from Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Bernard Ackah
Bernard Ackah is a Japanese-based Ivorian taekwondo practitioner, kickboxer, mixed martial artist and comedian.
Stan Love
Stanley S. Love is an American former professional basketball player. He is the father of basketball player Kevin Love and the younger brother of Beach Boys co-founder Mike Love.
Kassim Abdallah
Kassim Abdallah Mfoihaia is a French-born Comorian professional footballer who plays for Athlético Marseille. At international level, he represented the Comoros national team.
Sid Richardson Bass
Sid Richardson Bass is an American billionaire investor and philanthropist.
Philippe Sansonetti
Philippe J. Sansonetti is a microbiologist, Professor at the Pasteur Institute and the Collège de France in Paris. He is the Director of the Inserm Unit 786 and of the Institut Pasteur laboratory Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire.
Enock Kwateng
Enock Kwateng is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for French club FC Girondins de Bordeaux in Ligue 1. He is France youth international having represented the country from U16 to U20 levels.